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The Disaster Artist is a 2017 American biographical comedy-drama film directed, produced by, and starring James Franco. Based on Greg Sestero’s non-fiction book of the same name, the film chronicles the making of Tommy Wiseau’s 2003 cult film The Room.

The film stars James and Dave Franco as Wiseau and Sestero, respectively, alongside a supporting cast featuring Seth Rogen, Josh Hutcherson, Zac Efron, Hannibal Buress, Melanie Griffith, Sharon Stone, and Jacki Weaver. Principal photography of the film began on December 8, 2015. It had its world premiere at South by Southwest on March 12, 2017. It is scheduled to be released in a limited release on December 1, 2017 by A24, before opening wide on December 8, 2017.

Plot

The film depicts the meeting and early friendship of the actor Greg Sestero and Tommy Wiseau, the actor, writer and director behind the 2003 cult film The Room, a film often hailed as the Citizen Kane of bad movies, the troubled making of it and their respective careers after the surprising success of the film.

Cast

James Franco as Tommy Wiseau, the writer, director, producer, executive producer and star of The Room who portrays “Johnny”

Dave Franco as Greg Sestero, the line producer and actor who portrays “Mark” in The Room

Seth Rogen as Sandy Schklair, the script supervisor

Josh Hutcherson as Philip Haldiman, the actor who portrays “Denny” in The Room

Zac Efron as Dan Janjigian, the actor who portrays “Chris-R” in The Room

Ari Graynor as Juliette Danielle, the actress who portrays “Lisa” in The Room

Jacki Weaver as Carolyn Minnott, the actress who portrays “Claudette” in The Room

Hannibal Buress as Bill Meurer, the owner of Birns and Sawyer, a stage rented by Wiseau

Andrew Santino as Scott Holmes, the actor who portrays “Mike” in The Room

June Diane Raphael as Robyn Paris, the actress who portrays “Michelle” in The Room

Nathan Fielder as Kyle Vogt, the actor who portrays “Peter” in The Room